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The very name “astronomy” comes from the Latin word for “star,” but when it comes to understanding how stars for
Exoplanet science has moved from “stamp collecting” to the discovery of Earth-sized planets and unusual worlds.
JWST launches the first day of astronomy’s big meeting with news about science, technology, and galaxies!
From todays AAS meeting: “IceCube was built as a discovery instrument… Now we know what we’re looking for.”
On a two-ful Tuesday, our planetarian discusses how visualizations can make numbers more understandable.
It turns out that the Sun lives in a bubble—1,000 light years across!
How are astronomers planning to map our universe with the help of robots?
We end our series with news from the Vera Rubin Observatory, ALMA, and the VLT.
Telescopes in Chile are finding hidden treasures such as nearby asteroids and potentially habitable exoplanets.
What are telescopes on our planet revealing about planets in other parts of our galaxy?
New discoveries from Chilean telescopes offer information about dark matter and molecules in strange places.
An update on two new Chilean telescopes plus ALMA observes a rogue comet and a life-threatening flare.
From black holes to small galaxies, Dr. Juna Kollmeier takes us through some of the best discoveries of SDSS.